WE’RE HIRING!
2 x ENHANCEMENT (ACTIVITIES) WORKER
ANAWIM /ARDENLEIGH BLENDED SERVICE
BIRMINGHAM
o This post is exempted from Rehabilitation of Offenders act 1974
o Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010 applies.
o 2 year fixed term contract
Job Title: Enhancement Worker
Location: Anawim, Birmingham, B12 9RJ or Ardenleigh Hospital, Birmingham, B24 9SA
Grade: Anawim Scale Point (ASP) 23-26
Salary: £12.92-£14.20 per hour
Hours: 15 hours per week on a rolling rota basis
Responsible to: Dawn House Coordinator or Ardenleigh Coordinator
Job Purpose:
Dawn House, Anawim Centre
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a team of creative and innovative Enhancement (Activities) Workers to be part of a tailored project based at Dawn House – a 7-bed step-down accommodation service delivered in partnership between Anawim – Birmingham’s Centre for Women and Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (BSMHFT).
This project aims to support women transitioning from secure or acute mental health care into the community, promoting recovery, wellbeing, and social inclusion. Dawn House offers a trauma-informed, gender-responsive environment focused on rehabilitation, independence, and reintegration.
Anawim is an award-winning women’s centre based in Balsall Heath, originally founded in 1986 to support the needs of sex workers. It now provides a comprehensive range of services to women with multiple and complex needs, including those related to trauma, homelessness, substance misuse, offending behaviour, and mental health. Anawim works with women across community and secure settings, passionately promoting women supporting women.
Ardenleigh Hospital
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Enhancement Worker to be part of a tailored project in partnership with Ardenleigh Secure Women’s Blended Service and Anawim – Birmingham’s Centre for Women. The project aims to improve women’s experiences of secure care, reduce length of stay in hospital and offer support into the community.
The Enhancement (Activities) workers provide support across all three wards (2 x acute and 1x rehabilitation) based at Ardenleigh. As part of this team you will deliver exciting, engaging and innovative social, recreational and leisure activities alongside the ward and other staff, to women with severe, enduring mental health conditions and criminal justice involvement within Ardenleigh Women’s Blended Service and Anawim Women’s Centre.
For more information, please visit: https://anawim.co.uk/get-involved/vacancies/ to download the Job Description & Person Specification and an External Application Form.
Deadline: We reserve the right to close this vacancy when the position is filled so we highly recommend you get your application in as early as possible.
Interview: We will be interviewing as applications come in.
Job Type: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 24 months
Pay: £12.92-£14.20 per hour
Work Location: In person
